CENTRAL PACIFIC
Moorea · Opunohu Bay
- French Polynesia
- All levels
- April - November
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- All levels
- Depth guide
- Lagoon and outer reef to 30 m
- When to go
- April - November
- Site type
- Reef & Sharks
Featured wildlife
- Blacktip reef shark
- Green turtle
- Spotted eagle ray
- Reef manta ray
About this dive site
Tahiti's sister island with lagoon sharks and rays.
Moorea pairs volcanic peaks above water with easy lagoon dives, blacktip shark passes and stingray shallows on day boats from Papetoai or Opunohu. Coral gardens stay accessible for newer divers while humpback whales sing offshore in winter. French Polynesia logistics make it a honeymoon favourite.
Manta cleaning stations need calm positioning - let your guide set the line and keep a respectful distance. Calendar peak is April - November, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Moorea day to day, not just the map pin.